9:42 PM,
Nov. 11, 2013

Donald Trump is shown with his future wife Melania Knauss, whom he married in 2005. An investment firm owned by hardware chain owner John Menard wants the federal court in Indianapolis to void an agreement signed by a management firm run by Steven Hilbert to sell luxury skin-care products developed by Melania Marks Skincare, owned by Melania Trump.

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It's the wife of The Donald vs. the hired legal guns of billionaire John Menard in an Indianapolis courtroom this week.

Melania Trump, the Slovenian model who married real estate developer and TV celebrity Donald Trump in 2005, earned a trip to Indianapolis to be a witness because her skin-care company got caught up in the bitter ongoing feud between Menard and Carmel businessman Steve Hilbert.

While this courtroom visit centers on a contractural dispute, it is the latest chapter in a made-for-tabloid brouhaha involving well-known names and allegations of gross financial mismanagement, ...